That's not a good policy either. I do know of folks who have used EBT(the food portion) temporarily going through transitional times in life: divorce, death in the family, and job loss. The majority used it on a very temporary basis and some even stopped receiving services BEFORE they were no longer qualified and not BECAUSE they were no longer qualified ie they don't ride the train to the end just because they can.
However, I have found you can usually distinguish between the part timers above and the life longers. The part timers usually have enough discretion because they do not like using EBT to be very discreet about paying for the items and actually look forward to the time they no longer need the crutch. the lifetime recipients treat it like its any other form of payment and swing that bitch out for all to see. I guess my point is the part timers do a good job of shaming themselves; the lifetimers, not so much and you shaming them probably isn't going to change their minds since they already think they are entitled to it so the only people you will end up shaming is the ones who already are uncomfortable that they have to use that crutch for a while and well they are the ones it actually WAS intended to help and who have no intention of abusing the charity they receive. the other section isn't going to be solved without a bit of cultural upheaval and change. You can't make the lifetimers without a conscience acquiesce to your opinion of them--they simply do not care and I've seen that one played out too many times to know it.
Evidently I've only come across the life long losers. I really don't care enough for the details and somebody has to be doing something obvious for me to care.
Case 1: Occassionally I have to stop at the Save-a-lot on the way home from work to pick up milk and a few small things. I got stuck behind a guy that was definitely eating well and had tattoos all over the place. He whips out the card, finds out he doesn't have enough on it to cover all his groceries. Idiot spends five minutes anguishing over if he should get the BBQ sauce or the ranch. Unfortunately, they don't ever have more than 1 line open so I got to watch the stupidity.
Case 2: Woman is standing in front of us at the grocery buying a huge cake, dressed much better than us and fresh manicure(wife noticed that). Brings out that RW&B card. Guess that's somehow okay.
Case 3: Woman is ahead of us in walmart one afternoon. She has this morbidly obese 3 year old in the cart with undersized PJ's on. She's still in her's as well. Okay, I get it, you really don't care what people think at this point, but at least make the effort. She goes through 3 different versions of assistance to cover her bill, then breaks out a 100 dollar bill from a big roll so she can get change for the last little bit.
No sympathy for it here, sorry.
